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GB Maxis women had their final one-day camp of 2021 yesterday in Sheffield, and welcomed back a few players from previous times, including ANTA RIEKSTINA, NAJ KORICHE, and REHANA KHALIL. With our USA-based players taking a break from this camp, and a few unavailable due to NBL1 games, there were 41 players in attendance. Squads […]

Earlier this month, GB Maxibasketball training camps were held on two consecutive weekends at the National Basketball Performance Centre (NBPC), Manchester for both the womens and mens squads, with well over 130 players in attendance plus coaches, team managers and performance support staff. GB Maxibasketball continues to consolidate its performance ethos, as demonstrated by the

Sharing a brief review of the GB Men’s Maxibasketball September training weekend, which took place the weekend of 11 & 12 Sept in Sheffield. The coaches continued to assess individual and team skills, whilst a few squad members stepped into different leadership and motivational roles. This included taking on team warm up and cool down

Today, we are delighted to shared news of the appointment of sports physiotherapist BRIE SPILCHEN to the GB Maxibasketball programme. Brie graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a BSc in Kinesiology in 2017 and from King’s College London University with an MSc in Physiotherapy in 2020. She is a member of the Chartered Society

What a fantastic one day camp with these GB Maxis Women earlier today at the University of Brighton sports centre in Falmer. We were especially pleased to welcome Coach Steve Butler who travelled down from Teeside for his first GB camp in sunny Sussex by the sea, alongside coaches Anita Curtis, David J Mason, David

Wow! What a weekend that was at the GB Maxiballers Elite Men’s Training Camp 3, with the GB Maxis’ coaching team starting to move things towards the business end of team selection for the FIMBA Maxibasketball European Championships 2022 in Malaga. Despite the summer holiday period, birthday celebrations, weddings and whatever else came with the

The GB Maxibasketball programme continues to grow the calibre of players and staff working within the programme. We are excited to be selecting our final squads over the next few months and prepare them for the FIMBA European Maxibasketball Championships, which will take place from 24 June to 3 July 2022 in Malaga, Spain. To

With just two more training camps before to go before the final selection camp in November, we interviewed a few members of the Team GB Maxis’ women’s programme to capture their thoughts on the opportunity to return to international level basketball, and their preparation for the FIMBA European Maxibasketball Championships 2022, in Malaga. From a

This week’s player blog is penned by GB Maxis player, Nick Hamilton, formerly of professional basketball outfit Worthing Bears who were part of the top-flight British Basketball League from 1984 to 1999 (thereafter known as Brighton Bears until the club folded in 2006). He rather bravely decided to try his hand at online blogging: offering

Saturday 10 July saw women’s programme lead, CJ Lee, open our fourth elite women’s weekend training camp in Sheffield.  At the same time, the nation was gearing up for the appearance of England men’s football team in the Euro 2020 Final at Wembley. We won’t dwell on the result or the mindless racist abuse that